examination for original entrance to the position formerly held by the
person proposed to be reinstated: _And provided further_, That,
subject to the other conditions of these rules, any person who served in
the military or naval service of the United States in the late War of
the Rebellion and was honorably discharged therefrom, or the widow of
any such person, may be reinstated without regard to the length of time
he or she has been separated from the service.

RULE X.

Within that part of the civil service of the United States which has
been or may hereafter be classified under the civil-service act
transfers shall be governed as follows:

1. A person in any Department or office may be transferred within the
same Department or office and the same branch of the service upon any
test of fitness, not disapproved by the Commission, which may be
determined upon by the appointing officer, subject to the limitations of
the provisos of section 2 of this rule.

2. A person who has received absolute appointment may be transferred
without examination from any Department, office, or branch of the
service upon requisition and consent of the proper officers and the
certificate of the Commission: _Provided_, That no transfer shall
be made of a person to a position within the same Department or office
and the same branch of the service, or to a position in another
Department, office, or branch of the service, if from original entrance
to such position said person is barred by the age limitations prescribed
therefor or by the provisions regulating apportionment, or if in said
position there is not required, in the judgment of the Commission, the
performance of the same class of work or the practice of the same
mechanical trade performed or practiced in the position from which
transfer is proposed: _And provided further_, That transfer shall
not be made without examination, provided by the Commission, to a
position for original entrance to which, in the judgment of the
Commission, there is required by these rules an examination involving
essential tests different from or higher than those involved in the
examination required for original entrance to the position from which
transfer is proposed; but a person employed in any grade shall not
because of such employment be barred from the open competitive
examination provided for original entrance to any other gr